LOS ANGELES — Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was injured in an early-morning shooting Sunday in a packed nightclub but was expected to survive, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant said.

Knight was one of three club patrons struck by gunfire about 1:30 a.m. at 1OAK on West Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard, said Sgt. C. Tatar, watch commander at the Los Angeles County sheriff’s West Hollywood station.

Two other victims, a man and a woman, also were being treated at local hospitals and were expected to survive.

Authorities are seeking a suspect but declined to release additional information, citing the ongoing investigation.

The shooting came hours before MTV’s Video Music Awards, which were slated for Sunday evening in Inglewood. R&B singer Chris Brown, who was co-hosting a party at the nightclub with Pia Mia, also was inside the club but wasn’t hit by the gunfire, Tatar said.

Representatives for Brown and the party did not return a call for comment. The Associated Press

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